Shirt-waist lining.



No. 642,031'. Patented 1an. 23, |900. T. A. wmn.

SHIRT WAIST LINING.

(Application led Dec. 1, 1B99.,

(Nn Model.)

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WTNESSES UNTTEE STATES PATENT OEEICE.

TIIEODORE A. WINTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT-WAIST LINING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,031, dated January23, 1900.

Application filed December l, 1899. Serial No. 738,867. (No model.) i

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnnonoen AUGUST VINTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, (Brooklym) in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inShi1t-lVaist Linings, of which the following is a specification.

By means of this invention a shirt-waist lining is obtained which ismade without side gores and which is readily made to give the requirediit, the invention residing in the novel details of construction setforth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in theannexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation ofashirt-waist lining, partly open and embodying this invention. Fig. 2 isa detail view of one half of a lining, said half comprising two piecesor a front and back piece. Fig. 3 is a section along line y y, Fig. 2.Fig. tis asection along line fc, Fig. l.

The shirt-waist lining is indicated at l and is provided with a cut 6rdart of a form having its edges in the form of loops 2 and 3, whichcontain the steels or whalebones 4 and 5, respectively. These loops andtheir whalebones are formed with transverse curves on the line of thedart, so I,as to keep the shirtwaist drawn close to the ligure.Stretched across the dart are several pieces of elastic 6, which enablethe lining to yield on the Waist and hip lines or their circumferences.Should, for example, the waist and hips of the wearer be abnormal or outof proportion, the lining will nevertheless, with the use of theelastics and open darts, adapt itself to such irregular shape and willlit forms going out of the regular proportion.

One half of the front is shown in Fig. 2, the other half being ofidentical shape and construction. The garment or outer material is shownat This lining, as seen, covers or practically covers the entireinterior of the shirt-waist or shirt-waist body. Said body-lining iseasily made, as it is wholly composed of two front and two back pieces.The frontlines or edges l of the front pieces, as seen in Fig. 2, are

straight, and thus not only easily ont, but the 5o lining is loose atthe chest or gives a shirtlike effect when closed on the wearer. Theplaits 7 and S, Fig. l, at the top or neck portion and in front of theopen darts at 2 supply the required iit at the neck and the Waist.

As shown, the lining is adapted to be bnttoned or closed separate fromthe waist), the front edge parts l0 of the lining being flaplike orloose from the waist.

The steels fl and 5 need not be curved of 6o themselves, but can benormally straight, as they will receive a curve form or effect whensewed into place.

The dart might have straight edges; but

the curve edges 2 and 3 have been found to 65 give satisfaction.

NVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A body-lining for the entire interior of a shirt-waist, said liningbeing wholly coni- 7o posed of two front and two back pieces, the frontlines or edges of the front pieces being straight so as to be loose orshirt-like at the chest when closed on the wearer, said front pieceshaving open darts, and plaits at the top or neck portion and in front ofthe darts substantially as described.

2. A body-lining for the entire interior of a shirt-waist, said liningbeing wholly composed of two front and two back pieces, the 8o steels atthe darts, and plaits at the top and in front of the darts substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my han`d in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

THEO. A. WINTER.

XVitnesses:

BERTHA BEYER, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

